2019 FORD F-350 SD Complaints

WHILE DRIVING AT ABOUT 65 TO 70 MPH, THEIR WAS A SMALL BUMP IN THE HIGHWAY THAT NORMALLY YOU WOULD NOT EVEN NOTICE, MADE MY NEW TRUCK WITH ONLY 7,000 MILES START SHAKING AND IT FELT LIKE MY WHEELS WERE GOING TO FALL OFF, I LOST ABOUT ALL CONTROL OF MY VEHICLE, AND HAD TO SLOW DOWN TO ABOUT 15 MPH ON THE I-15 HIGHWAY TO GET IT UNDER CONTROL. I AM SURE IF THIS PERSISTS THAT I OR SOMEONE WILL BE SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED

SHACKING OF STEERING WHEEL THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT WITH OUR TRUCKS, IT'S A NATIONWIDE PROBLEM THAT IS VERY VERY DANGEROUS. IN A 10 MILE RIDE IT WOULD HAPPEN 3-4X AT 70 TO 75MPH HITTING THE SLIGHTEST BUMP, THE TRUCK WOULD VIOLENTLY SHAKE. I WOULD HAVE TO SLOW DOWN TO 20 MPH FOR IT TO STOP. VERY DIFFICULT ON A HIGHWAY! *BF

MAJOR STEERING WHEEL WOBBLE AT SPEEDS UNSAFE. CONTIUES TO HAPPEN AND GET WORSE AS I DRIVE.

'DEATH WOBBLE.' HITTING ANY UNEVEN ROAD CONDITIONS AT HIGHWAY SPEED CAUSES VEHICLE TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. THIS IS AT RANDOM AND YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN IT IS GOING TO HAPPEN. TEMPORARILY LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE.

ONE MORNING WHILE GETTING INTO OUR VEHICLE (2019 F350) AFTER IS HAD BEEN PARKED FOR TWO DAYS I NOTICED THE REAR WINDOW WAS BULGING OUTWARD AND SHATTERED. THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THE WINDOW WAS DAMAGED FROM THE OUTSIDE, AND THE WINDOW IS BULGING OUTWARD. IT APPEARS, THE PRESSURIZING OF THE VEHICLE CABIN BY SHUTTING THE DOOR COULD CAUSE ENOUGH PRESSURE TO BLOW OUT A WINDOW. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED ON A FRIDAY AT 1400, IT REMAINED PARKED THEN ON SUNDAY WE NOTICED THE BROKEN WINDOW. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED ON STREET WHICH LED ME TO THINK VANDALISM, HOWEVER THE OUTWARD BULGING OF THE WINDOW IS EVIDENCE THE BREAK CAME FROM THE INSIDE. THE DOORS WERE LOCKED WHICH MEANS NO ONE COULD HAVE GOTTEN INSIDE THE VEHICLE.

TRAVELING AT ABOUT 80 MPH WENT OVER A BRIDGE APPROACH, THE STEERING WHEEL VIOLENTLY SHOOK UNTIL I HIT THE BRAKES AND SLOWED TO ABOUT 25 MPH. AKA DEATH WOBBLE.

THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH FORD TRUCKS THAT IS COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS THE DEATH WOBBLE. MY TRUCK HAS LESS THAN 30,000 MILES AND HAS BEEN IN THREE TIMES FOR THIS ISSUE. ONCE FORD CORRECTED THE ISSUE AND IT CAME BACK. WHEN IT CAME BACK WAS TOLD THERE ARE UPDATED PARTS HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR WELL OVER A MONTH WITH NO FEEDBACK FROM FORD. REACHED OUT YET AGAIN TO THEM AND WAS TOLD THAT I WOULD BE ESCALATED. MY CONCERN IS THAT THIS SAFETY ISSUE SHOULD HAVE ACTIVE MANAGEMENT AND COMMUNICATION FROM FORD AND IT DOES NOT. PEOPLE ARE TOLD THEY HAVE TO WAIT WITH NO UPDATE. NOW IT APPEARS I HAVE BEEN ESCALATED (WE SHALL SEE) BUT I AM CONCERNED FOR OTHERS THAT MAY NOT BE AWARE OF WHAT TO DO IN ORDER TO GET THIS ADDRESSED. CAN YOU REACH OUT TO FORD AND SEE HOW/WHAT THEIR PLAN IS TO COMMUNICATE AND SUPPORT IMPACTED PARTIES? ISSUE OCCURS WHEN DRIVING ANYTHING OVER 45 MPH AND TO RESOLVE YOU MUST SLOW TO BELOW 25 MPH. THINK OF THIS OCCURRING WHEN ON HIGHWAY AND HAVING LIMITED CONTROL OF A 1 TON TRUCK. ISSUE OCCURS AT RANDOM TIMES SO THERE IS NO WAY TO AVOID IT. OCCURRED MANY TIMES FIRST TIME WAS BACK IN EARLY 2019

DRIVING AT SPEEDS BETWEEN 45-65 MPH THE TRUCK ALL OF A SUDDEN STARTS TO SHAKE IN THE FRONT END UP THREW THE STEERING WHEEL AND YOU CAN NOT CONTROL THE VEHICLE ( DEATH WOBBLE). ONCE YOU SLOW DOWN TO 30 MPH THE SHAKING GOES AWAY,

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2019 FORD F-350. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY SHOOK AND VIBRATED VIOLENTLY. THE FRONT WHEELS WOBBLED AND THE STEERING WHEEL VIBRATED AFTER DRIVING OVER A BUMP. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS WHILE DRIVING OVER 30 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO OPELIKA FORD (801 COLUMBUS PKWY, OPELIKA, AL) AND TOWN AND COUNTRY FORD (1101 MARTIN ST. N, PELL CITY, AL) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE STEERING TRACK BAR AND STEERING BUSHINGS WERE FAULTY AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE REPLACEMENT PARTS WERE ALSO NOT DEFECTIVE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND PROVIDED CASE NUMBER: CAS25139941. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 27,000.

DRIVING ON DRY PAVEMENT, APPROXIMATELY 40MPH, STRAIGHT SMOOTH ROAD. I DROVE OVER AN EXPANSION JOINT IN THE PAVEMENT, THE STEERING BEGAN TO WOBBLE VIOLENTLY WHICH MADE MY VEHICLE LEAVE THE PAVEMENT ONTO THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE ROAD ONTO AN EASEMENT. I SEEMED TO HAVE EXPERIENCED THE "FORD DEAT"H WOBBLE, I CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP, THEY REFERRED TO WHAT I EXPERIENCED AS A KNOWN PROBLEM REFERRED TO AS "DEATH WOBBLE". IF A VEHICLE WOULD HAV BEEN COMING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION, THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN AN ACCIDENT AND COULD HAVE RESULTED IN DEATH AT THE SPEED I WAS TRAVELING. THE TRUCK ONLY HAS ~15000 MILES ON IT. I WAS TOLD THAT THERE IS AN APPARENT TSB ON THIS ISSUE AND PARTS ARE ON NATIONAL BACKORDER WITH NO IDEA WHEN THE PARTS WILL BE AVAILABLE. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE.